According to an MP, the health minister has said SA may only hit its peak of infections in September.
A repeat of the high rate of infections at Netcare’s St Augustine Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal may compel the government to intervene and take more control of private hospitals to prevent a catastrophe if Covid-19 infections increase in the private healthcare sector.
Mkhize said a countrywide surge in Covid-19 infections could only be expected as late as September and not June as initially predicted. He said Al Jama-ah, while waiting for the results of a probe of the situation at St Augustine, expected the law to run its course in the situation. He called for the hospital’s senior executives to be charged with attempted murder or gross negligence.
Al Jama-Ah, a political party that fights for the interests of the Muslim community in Parliament, was concerned that the lockdown was likely to be suspended at the end of April. The party said despite the opposition to the extension of the shutdown by some parties and business, President Cyril Ramaphosa should not bow to the pressure; instead he would have to continue with it and even strengthen the lockdown regulations.
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